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Hokkaidō Komagatake

Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
北海道駒ヶ岳
Ōnuma-Kōen01.jpg
View from Lake Ōnuma (August 2008)
Highest point
Elevation 1,131 m (3,711 ft)
Listing List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
List of volcanoes in Japan
Coordinates 42°03′48″N 140°40′38″E / 42.06333°N 140.67722°E / 42.06333; 140.67722Coordinates: 42°03′48″N 140°40′38″E / 42.06333°N 140.67722°E / 42.06333; 140.67722
Geography
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake is located in Japan
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
Mount Hokkaidō-Komagatake
Topo map Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 駒ヶ岳
50000:1 室蘭
Geology
Age of rock Quaternary
Mountain type stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt Northeastern Japan Arc
Last eruption September to November 2000

Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take (北海道駒ヶ岳?, Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take), also Oshima Koma-ga-take (渡島駒ヶ岳?), Oshima Fuji (渡島富士?), or just Koma-ga-take (駒ヶ岳?) is a 1131-meter adesitic stratovolcano on the border between Mori, Shikabe, and Nanae, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Occurrence of volcanic activity started some 30000 years ago. Following roughly 5000 years of dormancy, volcanic activity at Mount Koma-ga-take restarted at the start of the 17th century. Since then, there have been at least 50 recorded volcanic events at Mount Koma-ga-take.

Relief Map

Viewed from NW.

Viewed from ESE.



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